Google has just announced that it is trialing a new feature to block the side-loading of potentially malicious apps for Android users.Įugene Liderman, the director of mobile security strategy at Google, says that as “part of a continued strategic partnership with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore,” the company is to start piloting an enhanced fraud protection program for Android users in Singapore in the coming weeks. “As we navigate the evolving cyber landscape,” Hovhannisyan continues, “staying proactive in adopting and adapting to these security trends will be paramount for businesses to maintain effective communication channels and uphold their digital reputation.”Ġ2/08 update: It’s not just emails that are getting blocked by Google in an attempt to weed out spam and malicious activity. “Just like we adapted to HTTPS as the standard for the World Wide Web, and like MFA is becoming the standard for our online accounts, every business will need to become familiar with standards like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC,” Gerasim Hovhannisyan, CEO at EasyDMARC, says. “This isn’t just about protecting yourself,” Blank says, “done right, email authentication protects partners, consumers, and anyone receiving email.” Blank reckons that a herd-immunity percentage of 70% of the largest bulk email senders using string authentication must be reached to make exact domain spoofing “economically uninteresting.” Expert Says Herd-Immunity For Bulk Email Is Requiredīlank has been providing customer feedback directly to Google regarding the guidance to hopefully clarify what it means and help senders and recipients understand the authentication requirements. Tarada also explains that users sending less than 500 emails per day could also find their messages getting blocked by Gmail if they don’t have Sender Policy Framework or DomainKeys Identified Mail implemented, a spam rate greater than 0.3%, no Transport Layer Security connection for transmitting emails, no Authenticated Received Chain enabled to forwarded messages, invalid DNS records or are impersonating Gmail from headers. The operations team lead with particular expertise in email authentication and security, Yunes Tarada, breaks down a typical Gmail unauthenticated sender error message and explains precisely what it means. The best resource I have found for getting to grips with what these errors mean is from another email domain verification specialist, PowerDMARC. What Do Gmail Unauthentication Errors Mean? “This is an industry first, and as a result, you should see even less spam in your inbox,” Kumaran confirmed. Google also implements a “clear spam rate threshold,” so senders who break this are throttled. MORE FROM FORBES Google Warns Of New Date For Gmail, Photos Deletion Part 2 By Davey WinderĪs well as the new bulk mail sending authentication requirements, Google has also enabled accessible unsubscription features for Gmail users. “Last year (2022), we started requiring that emails sent to a Gmail address must have some form of authentication’” Kumaran says, “and we’ve seen the number of unauthenticated messages Gmail users receive plummet by 75%.” This, in turn, led to less cluttered Gmail inboxes and billions of messages with malicious intent being blocked before delivery. Sender validation and strong email domain authentication are essential in filtering out much of this security-weakening material. Google’s Kumaran says that while Gmail AI stops more than 99.9% of spam, phishing and malware from hitting your inbox, including some 15 billion emails every day, that’s not enough, which is why the new bulk email senders requirements have been implemented.įirstly, Kumaran says, bulk senders are “those who send more than 5,000 messages to Gmail addresses in one day.” Because many fail to secure their systems properly, malicious actors can hijack email domains for nefarious purposes. When 15 Billion Daily Blocked Emails And A 99.9% AI Spam Filtering Rate Are Not Enough
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